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Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

brilliant show, absolutely hilarious, although I wouldn't watch if you take offence to a large number of issues in modern society. Been watching this for so long will never get sick of it ! love love love

brilliant show, absolutely hilarious, although I wouldn't watch if you take offence to a large number of issues in modern society. Been watching this for so long will never get sick of it ! love love love

Fox once again shows why they're the worst station ever... IE, they&apos;re bringing this piece of crap back.

-/10

(spoiler) In 1999, Fox aired quite possibly the worst series ever to
grace television, a horrible little show named Family Guy. It had ugly,
rigid an ...

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(spoiler) In 1999, Fox aired quite possibly the worst series ever to
grace television, a horrible little show named Family Guy. It had ugly,
rigid animation, and stale, unfunny, and extremely repetitive jokes.
Repetitive in how, you would ask? Well, the jokes either came in one of
two kinds...1. They would try to make the lazy, ugly as sin father, Peter Griffin,
a man with the most ANNOYING voice in history(so annoying I would love
to take some scissors to his throat to shut him up) as much of a jerk
as possible, for example, one episode he makes fun of a guy for being
sad that his mom died(HYSTERICAL!). Repeat to death. Oh, yeah, real
funny. I'm practically dying from laughter right now.2. They randomly take a popular fictional character, such as
Spider-man, or Mickey Mouse, or Indiana Jones or someone randomly pop
up. Then, they repeatedly do this to fill in a full half-hour. Ohhhh,
INCREDIBLY funny. Okay, there is occasionally...3. Something where they just do something completely offensive. One
episode I did unfortunately watch had them completely portraying Walt
Disney as a sick, perverted sleaze ball. I'm sorry, but that is
completely rude and disrespectful, and especially out of line for
creator(and voice of about 91% of the cast) Seth MacFarlane. After all,
if it wasn't for animation innovators like Walt Disney, Seth would
probably be stuck in some dead-end job.This sorry excuse for a series was horrible, with the laziest writing I
have ever seen for a TV show(no, I am not counting reality TV). This
series was a complete piece of crap. Apparently, FOX FINALLY realized
this, and canceled it in 2001. While still hardly perfect, it was at
least one actually intelligent move they made. Three years later, some
moron apparently decided to bring this abomination back. Why!? Why must
FOX destroy the rest of their respect(although, why should I care?)? I
guess they must only be happy if they're showing piles of puke that try
to pass themselves off as TV shows, since they went out of their way to
put Family Guy back on the air. What can I say? This has to be FOX's
worst mistake since canceling Firefly, or Futurama(then again though,
at least that kept the show from growing stale, unlike the Simpsons,
which has now become arguably worse than even Family Guy). Well, I hope
for their sake FOX realizes what a stupid mistake they're making.
Somehow though, I severely doubt it.

Addictive but lazy cartoon that's ultimately forgettable

4 /10

When Family Guy first premiered, I was not in a discriminating mood.
With the 1990s containing a wealth of clever, surreal cartoons, why
should I be? ...

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When Family Guy first premiered, I was not in a discriminating mood.
With the 1990s containing a wealth of clever, surreal cartoons, why
should I be? Nickelodeon produced Doug; Ren and Stimpy and Rockos
Modern Life among other fine cartoons(Yes, this includes Spongebob).All
had quirky, dreamlike animation and surprisingly sophisticated stories
and dialog. The Simpsons became an outright phenomenon, perhaps not as
brilliant as its biggest defenders claim it to be, but a very fine
investment of your time and certainly dismisses the false axiom that
all TV is junk. South Park started out as a crude but hilarious attack
on everything with unique and intelligent satire underneath. It evolved
to become a Monty Python- esquire show with outrageous concepts and
brutally swift and sharp societal critiques(Such as their defense of
the noble underpants gnomes) and eventually settled to be entirely self
referential and "meta" like the Simpsons did, and has unfortunately
jumped the shark. Family Guy is superficially like The Simpsons and
South Park. It pushes buttons and is a favorite among college students
and bestiality enthusiasts. However, what it has in loquacity it lacks
in true wit.The show is famous for its use of gimmicks, especially for flashbacks.
Many are references to bad TV sitcoms or commercials. Some are
funny(Especially from the first two seasons), most are not. Are
references inherently funny? I'm not sure, but they are mostly what the
show stands on considering that its characters are painfully
uninteresting. Where Homer and Bart have charm, and Cartman has an
artillery of self awareness and pure outrageousness to back up his
awful behavior, Peter Griffin has no excuse. He's just a loud,
obnoxious pig. Anything funny coming from his character is only because
the writers forget how to be unfunny that day. Lois is also very
shallow and dull; Meg is a prop, only to be abused; Chris is borderline
retarded and only occasionally funny, and the two main stars of the
show(Stewie and Brian) are so inconsistent in their characterizations
that it all really kind of pointless.Other gimmicks I can't stand are when a character points to something
obviously and lingers on it for an uncomfortably long time. This
happens a lot lately, and I can't bear it any longer. Not just the oft
mentioned chicken that likes to beat Peter up, I'm talking about the
painful moments where they talk about pop culture and prod it as if
they are alien spectators. That's not wit or even ironic humor, it's
totally boring and lifeless.Not that the show can't be funny, in fact some of the earlier episodes
had me rolling. Highlights include the pilot episode, where Peter loses
touch with reality after losing his precious television; when Peters
religious zealot father shows up and wreaks havoc; When Peter becomes a
narc at Megs school, and the "pancake" episode. I suspect these are the
episodes that accidentally incorporated actual human traits in its
characters, or merely were times the writers had actual comedic
inspiration.One last thing, the show is not offensive. It's only offensive to those
who wouldn't watch the show in the first place, so it's almost like a
circle jerk to the choir of hipsters.

MacFarlane's brilliant sitcom parody was once one of the funniest things on TV, but now it may suffer the same creative fate as the Simpsons

Network: Fox; Genre: Animated Comedy, Satire, Parody; Content Rating:
TV-14 (pervasive sexual content, scatological humor, strong language,
violence, animated nudity); Perspective: Contemporary (star range:
1-5); Season Reviewed: 5 seasons After 5 seasons, two cancellations and a now militant army of fans the
show has amassed, I don't quite know what to say about "Family Guy"
anymore.When "Family Guy" debuted in 1999 it was a shotgun blast of comic
brilliance that came out of nowhere and went unheard by an audience
still enraptured by the antics of "Friends". At first it all appears
relatively routine, even - as many have accused - a ripe-off of "The
Simpsons". Fat, child-like, head of household Peter Griffin (voiced by
creator Seth MacFarlane) screws things up while dotting wife Lois (Alex
Borstein), put-upon daughter Meg (Mila Kunis) and genetic copy Chris
(Seth Green) look on. Also in the mix is genius, homicidal infant
Stewie (MacFarlene) - one of the most deserving break-out characters in
TV history - and Brian, the family's talking dog.If the characters sound like clichés, that's the point. MacFarlane uses
them simply as vessels and with the show regurgitates every pop culture
childhood memory to create a full-length parody of 70s and 80s sitcoms.
Even better than a parody, a satire. Just as Archie Bunker was a
product of the 50s being imposed on by a changing 70s culture, "Family
Guy" is about the new millennial values juxtaposed on sitcom camp of
the last century. In MacFarlane's world there are child molesters on
"Lost in Space" and "Eight is Enough" actually refers to disciplinary
beatings.Yes, "The Simpsons" have covered similar ground, with a particular
emphasis on random flashbacks and fantasy scenes. But with "The
Simpsons" in a creative tailspin for the last decade, MacFarlane and
crew swoop in to fill this gaping void. To out-Simpson "The Simpsons"
if you will. What MacFarlane brings to the table is pitch-perfect comic
timing - an ability to know how quick to cut or how long to drag out a
particular bit to get the laugh. As well as utter fearlessness. From
bits in which Jesus Christ turns water "into funk" or a TV parody
"Gumble 2 Gumble: Beach Justice" staring Greg and Bryant Gumble as
bicycle cops, "Guy" isn't just one of the funniest things to grace TV,
it was freakin' brilliant. This breaks from are more often like an
animated version of "The Far Side", then "The Simpsons".Then it was canceled only to be renewed at the 11th hour. And then it
was canceled again, brought back supposedly by strong DVD sales. But
given the networks ownership of the show and how Fox beat to death the
equally strong "Futurama", it's hard to buy that. This constant shakeup
has got to take a toll on a series' rhythm. When the show returned for
a 3rd season it felt lacking of something. As if the network notes to
"slow the pace", "tone down the fantasy scenes" and "thicken the story
lines" were rigidly being followed when the breaking of these rules was
what made the show great in the first place. Still it contained
classics like "Emission: Impossible", "The Thin White Line", "Road to
Rhode Island" and "Brian Wallows, Peter's Swallows" to keep us
satisfied.Upon the 2nd return, giving us seasons 4, 5 and beyond, the show has
completely lost it's footing. After a LONG agonizing wait, the 4th
season premiere is a disappointing "North by Northwest"/"Passion of the
Christ" parody. The rest of the season follows suit in which only
"PTV", the show's satire of the TV ratings system, recaptures it's
prior lunacy. MacFarlane makes the crucial mistake here, actually
wanting us to care about them. Given that they where envisioned as
clichés in the first place, putting the weight of a story on their
backs only shows how lacking the show is for character depth. Even
Stewie, once a source for huge laughs, is stripped down to a single
latent homosexuality joke. The show gets story heavy where it
shouldn't. Slows down when it should speed up. Goes broad when it
should go cult. Gets political and angry when it should be mindless
escapism. "Family Guy" was about velocity, randomness and obscure 1%
gags.I won't go as far as to say that "Family Guy" beyond seasons 4 and 5 is
proof that a dead show should probably remain dead. But it is proof
that a show can't go through constant cancellations and reshuffling and
remain intact. It also suffers from the same fate that has plagued "The
Simpsons". It is full of itself. It has become lazy in a belief that it
can do no wrong in the eyes of it's fans. "Family Guy", in many ways,
has sold out. It isn't the acerbic TV rebel it used to be. It is now
part of the system itself"Guy's" humor has a masterful ability to appeal to "Star Trek" nerds
and drunken frat boys alike. And it is hard to deny the TV geek in my
doesn't flip out when they do something half of either audience won't
get like weave a "Star Wars" joke into a "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
reference. But the show's die-hard legions of fans (some damn near
sycophantic over the show's brilliance) have allowed it to be lazy and
complacent and paved the way for MacFarlane's head to slide right up
his own posterior. In some ways he deserves it, the show can still be
very, very funny. But the true fans out there know that it can do much,
much better. * * * ½ / 5

Seth MacFarlane, YOU'RE A GENIUS!!

-/10

I cannot even begin to discuss how ridiculously smart and outrageously
funny is this show. Not only does this program far surpass most of the
comedie ...

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I cannot even begin to discuss how ridiculously smart and outrageously
funny is this show. Not only does this program far surpass most of the
comedies on television, it has the guts to hit topics that most of the
overly sensitive public shies away from. I never understood why it was
taken off the air in the first place. Fox can show something as tawdry
and humanly degrading as Temptation Island, but Family Guy was too
racy? Riiiight.I absolutely must comment on the incredible voice talent done for this
show, most especially the amazing creator himself, Seth MacFarlane.
First of all, his versatility is unlike anything I have ever heard.
When I discovered how many voices he actually performed, I was floored.
I am currently receiving my masters in speech pathology so I find his
ability particularly interesting. Not only can he speak in these
individual voices, he can sing in them, and very well I might add.The musical numbers in this cartoon revive a dying art. The "Road"
episodes are a hysterical throw back to the Crosby/Hope movies, which
is a reference I usually have to explain to my friends though they
often must explain a few that I miss. In fact, the scope of the
references range from cheesy 80's TV to political commentary to
Broadway. This is why everyone will find something funny about this
show. Everyone in one form or another can relate to it.Most of my guy friends think I should be offended by the show because I
am a woman and this is a "guy's show." Let me tell you, this is not the
case at all. Lois Griffin is a freakin role model. I like to think I
have half of her savvy when dealing with my ignorant boyfriends.Absolutely excellent television. Edgy, funny, intelligent and extremely
creative. This show was a breath of fresh air for mundane television
and will soon awaken the network again. Seth MacFarlane, you are a
genius!!

Laugh Out Loud! Funniest cartoon in two years time

-/10

Family Guy is the next best thing to come around pon comic animation. I
laugh in every episode at the antics of Peter and his family. Baby Stewey
...

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Family Guy is the next best thing to come around pon comic animation. I
laugh in every episode at the antics of Peter and his family. Baby Stewey
is the funniest animated character since Homer Simpson. It is a great
show,
but it should be on after the Simpsons and not on Tuesday when almost no
one
watches TV. Great entertainment. Should be on more.
A

Everything the Simpsons wants to be...

10 /10

Family Guy is by far the funniest show that ever graced television (and when
I say funniest I am saying that FG is funnier than South Park, Simpsons ...

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Family Guy is by far the funniest show that ever graced television (and when
I say funniest I am saying that FG is funnier than South Park, Simpsons, and
Beavis and Butthead). This show is everything that the Simpsons want to be.
I believe that Seth MacFarlane [creator of FG] has created a way funnier
show than Groening's Simpsons. Unlike Simpsons, Family Guy is actually
funny. The show's clever jokes never get old and Peter Griffin has dethroned
Homer Simpson.Personally, I think Matt Groening saw that Family Guy was a way better show
that his outdated Simpsons. I almost certain he had a hand in the
cancellation of this great show. It won't matter when Family Guy gets
revived by either FOX, Cartoon Network, UPN, or Comedy Central. Then
Groening can kiss his beloved Simpsons good-bye.

The Funniest Show in TV History!

-/10

Oh man, this show was a classic! The funniest I've ever seen on
Fox!
It would merely surprise you into laughing the way they used
coarse
language yo ...

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Oh man, this show was a classic! The funniest I've ever seen on
Fox!
It would merely surprise you into laughing the way they used
coarse
language you never knew was allowed on TV! I like the one
where
Peter becomes a feminist. He got a bumper sticker that said,
"My
other penis is a vagina". Oh man! That is funny! Seasons 1 and 2 were hilarious. Whenever a season
was
over, Fox just took it off until the next season would air. But
when
season 3 came around, the laughter stopped. They got new
writers
and the episodes just weren't as funny. But as they went along,
they
began to pick-up. There was even an episode called "When You
Wish
Upon a Weinstein" which was banned. It must be real bad. It doesn't look like Family Guy will be back for season 4.Well, it's had a good run. It's the first animated Fox sitcom to
end
it's run. But it won't be the last. The Simpsons can't last
forever
and King of the Hill is definately getting old. But we'll alwaysremember Family Guy. A show that had it all: talking babies
bent
on world domination, talking alcoholic dogs, and a big jackassnamed Peter. Family Guy, we'll miss you. You were great!-

The sad downfall of a once great show.

10 /10

I write this review as a long time fan who is now disillusioned with
just how far this show has fallen. The Family Guy used to be one of the
best wri ...

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I write this review as a long time fan who is now disillusioned with
just how far this show has fallen. The Family Guy used to be one of the
best written shows on television. It has now fallen so far, that it now
relies on jokes about rape and the victims of childhood sexual assault
to get cheap laughs.Victims of sexual assault are never to be made fun of.For the first four seasons, The Family Guy was well written, fast
paced, edgy and very clever. The jokes were edgy, but never nasty, or
made people feel uncomfortable. The cut-away jokes that seemingly lead
to nowhere were great, because it meant the show wasn't taking itself
too seriously.Seasons five and six saw the beginning of the end for the Family Guy.
The once brilliant comedy was quickly disappearing from the writing,
and the jokes were starting to get a nasty edge to them.I still enjoyed the show, until (season 6, Episode 11) The Former Life
of Brian. In a flashback to a conversation between Brian and an old
girlfriend, the girlfriend is opening up to him about having been
molested as a child. Brian's response is "So, you go all the way,
then?".Apparently, this is supposed to be funny.I also find the concept that the dog, Brian, having sex with a human
and conceiving a child with a human to be extremely distasteful as
well. Bestiality is not a subject which should be included in any TV
show. Yet, Brian has at least one other long term sexual partner in the
show, his now ex-girlfriend Jillian.I'll skip forward past the now plummeting quality of the show to Season
8, Episode 11: Dial Meg for Murder. In this episode, Peter is a
participant at a rodeo, and is thrown to the ground by the bull he was
riding. The bull then stands on it's hind legs and tells Peter that on
his own farm, he is a breeding bull. The bull then rips the pants off
of a clearly terrorised Peter. The bull then proceeds to violently rape
Peter just off camera. Peter screams in protest.Later in the same episode, Peter is raped a second time, this time by
his own daughter, in his shower. As the attack occurs, the scene
switches to the outside of the shower cubicle. It is then implied that
she is using the handle of a loofah on a stick that she is holing when
she enters the shower, to anally rape her father.This is the episode that permanently lost me as a viewer. There is
nothing funny about rape.

Horrible show

10 /10

This programme is like marmite, you either love it or hate it, there is
no middle ground. I am the latter, I can't stand the show and don't
understan ...

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This programme is like marmite, you either love it or hate it, there is
no middle ground. I am the latter, I can't stand the show and don't
understand why it is such a success.I agree with one of the reviewers who said that the dad (Peter) has the
most annoying voice in the world and every time he talks, it likes a
drill going through my head.I just don't find this programme funny. There is no humour whatsoever.
I have tried to get into the show but it is plain awful and if I could
have marked a zero out of ten, I would have. It is not on the same
level as The Simpsons and Drawn TogetherPlease, please get this programme off the air completely and never show
reruns of it.

Fox once again shows why they&apos;re the worst station ever... IE, they&apos;re bringing this piece of crap back.

-/10

(spoiler) In 1999, Fox aired quite possibly the worst series ever to
grace television, a horrible little show named Family Guy. It had ugly,
rigid an ...

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(spoiler) In 1999, Fox aired quite possibly the worst series ever to
grace television, a horrible little show named Family Guy. It had ugly,
rigid animation, and stale, unfunny, and extremely repetitive jokes.
Repetitive in how, you would ask? Well, the jokes either came in one of
two kinds...1. They would try to make the lazy, ugly as sin father, Peter Griffin,
a man with the most ANNOYING voice in history(so annoying I would love
to take some scissors to his throat to shut him up) as much of a jerk
as possible, for example, one episode he makes fun of a guy for being
sad that his mom died(HYSTERICAL!). Repeat to death. Oh, yeah, real
funny. I'm practically dying from laughter right now.2. They randomly take a popular fictional character, such as
Spider-man, or Mickey Mouse, or Indiana Jones or someone randomly pop
up. Then, they repeatedly do this to fill in a full half-hour. Ohhhh,
INCREDIBLY funny. Okay, there is occasionally...3. Something where they just do something completely offensive. One
episode I did unfortunately watch had them completely portraying Walt
Disney as a sick, perverted sleaze ball. I'm sorry, but that is
completely rude and disrespectful, and especially out of line for
creator(and voice of about 91% of the cast) Seth MacFarlane. After all,
if it wasn't for animation innovators like Walt Disney, Seth would
probably be stuck in some dead-end job.This sorry excuse for a series was horrible, with the laziest writing I
have ever seen for a TV show(no, I am not counting reality TV). This
series was a complete piece of crap. Apparently, FOX FINALLY realized
this, and canceled it in 2001. While still hardly perfect, it was at
least one actually intelligent move they made. Three years later, some
moron apparently decided to bring this abomination back. Why!? Why must
FOX destroy the rest of their respect(although, why should I care?)? I
guess they must only be happy if they're showing piles of puke that try
to pass themselves off as TV shows, since they went out of their way to
put Family Guy back on the air. What can I say? This has to be FOX's
worst mistake since canceling Firefly, or Futurama(then again though,
at least that kept the show from growing stale, unlike the Simpsons,
which has now become arguably worse than even Family Guy). Well, I hope
for their sake FOX realizes what a stupid mistake they're making.
Somehow though, I severely doubt it.

MacFarlane&apos;s brilliant sitcom parody was once one of the funniest things on TV, but now it may suffer the same creative fate as the Simpsons

Network: Fox; Genre: Animated Comedy, Satire, Parody; Content Rating:
TV-14 (pervasive sexual content, scatological humor, strong language,
violence, animated nudity); Perspective: Contemporary (star range:
1-5); Season Reviewed: 5 seasons After 5 seasons, two cancellations and a now militant army of fans the
show has amassed, I don't quite know what to say about "Family Guy"
anymore.When "Family Guy" debuted in 1999 it was a shotgun blast of comic
brilliance that came out of nowhere and went unheard by an audience
still enraptured by the antics of "Friends". At first it all appears
relatively routine, even - as many have accused - a ripe-off of "The
Simpsons". Fat, child-like, head of household Peter Griffin (voiced by
creator Seth MacFarlane) screws things up while dotting wife Lois (Alex
Borstein), put-upon daughter Meg (Mila Kunis) and genetic copy Chris
(Seth Green) look on. Also in the mix is genius, homicidal infant
Stewie (MacFarlene) - one of the most deserving break-out characters in
TV history - and Brian, the family's talking dog.If the characters sound like clichés, that's the point. MacFarlane uses
them simply as vessels and with the show regurgitates every pop culture
childhood memory to create a full-length parody of 70s and 80s sitcoms.
Even better than a parody, a satire. Just as Archie Bunker was a
product of the 50s being imposed on by a changing 70s culture, "Family
Guy" is about the new millennial values juxtaposed on sitcom camp of
the last century. In MacFarlane's world there are child molesters on
"Lost in Space" and "Eight is Enough" actually refers to disciplinary
beatings.Yes, "The Simpsons" have covered similar ground, with a particular
emphasis on random flashbacks and fantasy scenes. But with "The
Simpsons" in a creative tailspin for the last decade, MacFarlane and
crew swoop in to fill this gaping void. To out-Simpson "The Simpsons"
if you will. What MacFarlane brings to the table is pitch-perfect comic
timing - an ability to know how quick to cut or how long to drag out a
particular bit to get the laugh. As well as utter fearlessness. From
bits in which Jesus Christ turns water "into funk" or a TV parody
"Gumble 2 Gumble: Beach Justice" staring Greg and Bryant Gumble as
bicycle cops, "Guy" isn't just one of the funniest things to grace TV,
it was freakin' brilliant. This breaks from are more often like an
animated version of "The Far Side", then "The Simpsons".Then it was canceled only to be renewed at the 11th hour. And then it
was canceled again, brought back supposedly by strong DVD sales. But
given the networks ownership of the show and how Fox beat to death the
equally strong "Futurama", it's hard to buy that. This constant shakeup
has got to take a toll on a series' rhythm. When the show returned for
a 3rd season it felt lacking of something. As if the network notes to
"slow the pace", "tone down the fantasy scenes" and "thicken the story
lines" were rigidly being followed when the breaking of these rules was
what made the show great in the first place. Still it contained
classics like "Emission: Impossible", "The Thin White Line", "Road to
Rhode Island" and "Brian Wallows, Peter's Swallows" to keep us
satisfied.Upon the 2nd return, giving us seasons 4, 5 and beyond, the show has
completely lost it's footing. After a LONG agonizing wait, the 4th
season premiere is a disappointing "North by Northwest"/"Passion of the
Christ" parody. The rest of the season follows suit in which only
"PTV", the show's satire of the TV ratings system, recaptures it's
prior lunacy. MacFarlane makes the crucial mistake here, actually
wanting us to care about them. Given that they where envisioned as
clichés in the first place, putting the weight of a story on their
backs only shows how lacking the show is for character depth. Even
Stewie, once a source for huge laughs, is stripped down to a single
latent homosexuality joke. The show gets story heavy where it
shouldn't. Slows down when it should speed up. Goes broad when it
should go cult. Gets political and angry when it should be mindless
escapism. "Family Guy" was about velocity, randomness and obscure 1%
gags.I won't go as far as to say that "Family Guy" beyond seasons 4 and 5 is
proof that a dead show should probably remain dead. But it is proof
that a show can't go through constant cancellations and reshuffling and
remain intact. It also suffers from the same fate that has plagued "The
Simpsons". It is full of itself. It has become lazy in a belief that it
can do no wrong in the eyes of it's fans. "Family Guy", in many ways,
has sold out. It isn't the acerbic TV rebel it used to be. It is now
part of the system itself"Guy's" humor has a masterful ability to appeal to "Star Trek" nerds
and drunken frat boys alike. And it is hard to deny the TV geek in my
doesn't flip out when they do something half of either audience won't
get like weave a "Star Wars" joke into a "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
reference. But the show's die-hard legions of fans (some damn near
sycophantic over the show's brilliance) have allowed it to be lazy and
complacent and paved the way for MacFarlane's head to slide right up
his own posterior. In some ways he deserves it, the show can still be
very, very funny. But the true fans out there know that it can do much,
much better. * * * ½ / 5

Addictive but lazy cartoon that&apos;s ultimately forgettable

4 /10

When Family Guy first premiered, I was not in a discriminating mood.
With the 1990s containing a wealth of clever, surreal cartoons, why
should I be? ...

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When Family Guy first premiered, I was not in a discriminating mood.
With the 1990s containing a wealth of clever, surreal cartoons, why
should I be? Nickelodeon produced Doug; Ren and Stimpy and Rockos
Modern Life among other fine cartoons(Yes, this includes Spongebob).All
had quirky, dreamlike animation and surprisingly sophisticated stories
and dialog. The Simpsons became an outright phenomenon, perhaps not as
brilliant as its biggest defenders claim it to be, but a very fine
investment of your time and certainly dismisses the false axiom that
all TV is junk. South Park started out as a crude but hilarious attack
on everything with unique and intelligent satire underneath. It evolved
to become a Monty Python- esquire show with outrageous concepts and
brutally swift and sharp societal critiques(Such as their defense of
the noble underpants gnomes) and eventually settled to be entirely self
referential and "meta" like the Simpsons did, and has unfortunately
jumped the shark. Family Guy is superficially like The Simpsons and
South Park. It pushes buttons and is a favorite among college students
and bestiality enthusiasts. However, what it has in loquacity it lacks
in true wit.The show is famous for its use of gimmicks, especially for flashbacks.
Many are references to bad TV sitcoms or commercials. Some are
funny(Especially from the first two seasons), most are not. Are
references inherently funny? I'm not sure, but they are mostly what the
show stands on considering that its characters are painfully
uninteresting. Where Homer and Bart have charm, and Cartman has an
artillery of self awareness and pure outrageousness to back up his
awful behavior, Peter Griffin has no excuse. He's just a loud,
obnoxious pig. Anything funny coming from his character is only because
the writers forget how to be unfunny that day. Lois is also very
shallow and dull; Meg is a prop, only to be abused; Chris is borderline
retarded and only occasionally funny, and the two main stars of the
show(Stewie and Brian) are so inconsistent in their characterizations
that it all really kind of pointless.Other gimmicks I can't stand are when a character points to something
obviously and lingers on it for an uncomfortably long time. This
happens a lot lately, and I can't bear it any longer. Not just the oft
mentioned chicken that likes to beat Peter up, I'm talking about the
painful moments where they talk about pop culture and prod it as if
they are alien spectators. That's not wit or even ironic humor, it's
totally boring and lifeless.Not that the show can't be funny, in fact some of the earlier episodes
had me rolling. Highlights include the pilot episode, where Peter loses
touch with reality after losing his precious television; when Peters
religious zealot father shows up and wreaks havoc; When Peter becomes a
narc at Megs school, and the "pancake" episode. I suspect these are the
episodes that accidentally incorporated actual human traits in its
characters, or merely were times the writers had actual comedic
inspiration.One last thing, the show is not offensive. It's only offensive to those
who wouldn't watch the show in the first place, so it's almost like a
circle jerk to the choir of hipsters.

My favourite TV show

10 /10

I love everything about family guy.My favourite characters in family are Brian and Stewie and I like the
episodes when it mainly features them such a ...

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I love everything about family guy.My favourite characters in family are Brian and Stewie and I like the
episodes when it mainly features them such as "Road to Rhode Island"
(Season 2), as they interact very well. The comments they make just
have me in stitches. Peter's behaviour is also very funny as some of
the things he does "are just so brilliant they're retarded." The voice
acting is excellent, especially Seth MacFarlane as he provides the
voices for half of the Griffin family as well as their perverted
neighbour Glenn Quagmire and how he manages this range (particularly
with singing) I just don't know. He deserves his two Emmy's for
providing the voice of evil baby genius Stewie. Adam West also steals
the show with his funny and completely insane regular character the
mayor of Quahog. What I like about Chris (voiced by Seth Green) is the
things he says show that he takes after his father when it comes to
intelligence and common sense.The only thing I have found annoying is that in the UK Fox has decided
to change the seasons to increase DVD sales, which in no way reflect
the programme itself but rather the marketing.If you enjoy Family Guy then I would thoroughly recommend Seth
MacFarlane's other project American Dad which uses a different style of
humour but is still extremely hilarious.

Great Show!

-/10

I started watching "Family Guy" right after it premiered after the
Super Bowl back in 1999. I immediately fell in love with it and thought
it was hil ...

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I started watching "Family Guy" right after it premiered after the
Super Bowl back in 1999. I immediately fell in love with it and thought
it was hilarious. "Family Guy" is about the Griffin family who live in
Rhode Island. Peter Griffin is the father of the family and not very
bright. He usually says wrong things in the wrong time. Lois is the
mother of the family and smarter than Peter. Meg is the daughter of the
family and she tries to avoid her family from making her look uncool
and goes through teen problems. Chris is the son who loves to eat and
is also not very bright. Stewie is the baby who tries to kill his
family and take over the world. Brian, the dog, is the voice of reason
in the family but also an alcoholic. "Family Guy" has many great
episodes. My favorites include "Road to Rhode Island", "Peter, Peter
Cavier Eater", and "Mr. Saturday Knight". I am glad new episodes are
coming next year! This show deserves 10/10 stars!

Trash TV

10 /10

Family Guy is easily one of the worst shows I've ever forced myself to
watch (Not at THE bottom, though - I've seen The Jersey Shore). A
popular hit ...

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Family Guy is easily one of the worst shows I've ever forced myself to
watch (Not at THE bottom, though - I've seen The Jersey Shore). A
popular hit with high school and college kids who mistake immaturity
for edginess, this show is unoriginal and stale.As this has been dubbed a comedy show, let's take a look at its
"humor." 1. Random flashbacks/cuts to celebrities or movies or politics
or anything that can be cut to for a knee-jerk laugh. It got old after
the 5 or so repetitions per episode. Simple solution: Every time you
hear "This is worse than/like the time...", plug your ears.2. Inappropriateness for its own sake. This show is notorious for
inserting inappropriate gags that have little to do with the overall
plot. Solution: Watch South Park. They did it right.The bottom line is that Family Guy is not worth your time, and doesn't
hold a candle to The Simpsons.

Losing its edge

6 /10

While I know that I run the risk of being chased out of town for saying
this, I feel that since the beginning of Season 5, the show has lost
its edge ...

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While I know that I run the risk of being chased out of town for saying
this, I feel that since the beginning of Season 5, the show has lost
its edge.90% of the jokes in "Family Guy" fall into one of 3 categories: 1)
Jokes making fun of pop culture (especially old TV shows and
celebrities) 2) Gags that run so long that they become absurd 3)
Flashbacks, most of the time introduced with "This is more ___ than
that time I ___"I'm sure that a lot of people find this stuff funny, but after 4
seasons with this kind of humour, it just becomes so expected that it
ends up being routine. This doesn't do it for me.I still like this show and I think it has a lot of potential, but it
needs some new ideas!

Seth MacFarlane, YOU&apos;RE A GENIUS!!

-/10

I cannot even begin to discuss how ridiculously smart and outrageously
funny is this show. Not only does this program far surpass most of the
comedie ...

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I cannot even begin to discuss how ridiculously smart and outrageously
funny is this show. Not only does this program far surpass most of the
comedies on television, it has the guts to hit topics that most of the
overly sensitive public shies away from. I never understood why it was
taken off the air in the first place. Fox can show something as tawdry
and humanly degrading as Temptation Island, but Family Guy was too
racy? Riiiight.I absolutely must comment on the incredible voice talent done for this
show, most especially the amazing creator himself, Seth MacFarlane.
First of all, his versatility is unlike anything I have ever heard.
When I discovered how many voices he actually performed, I was floored.
I am currently receiving my masters in speech pathology so I find his
ability particularly interesting. Not only can he speak in these
individual voices, he can sing in them, and very well I might add.The musical numbers in this cartoon revive a dying art. The "Road"
episodes are a hysterical throw back to the Crosby/Hope movies, which
is a reference I usually have to explain to my friends though they
often must explain a few that I miss. In fact, the scope of the
references range from cheesy 80's TV to political commentary to
Broadway. This is why everyone will find something funny about this
show. Everyone in one form or another can relate to it.Most of my guy friends think I should be offended by the show because I
am a woman and this is a "guy's show." Let me tell you, this is not the
case at all. Lois Griffin is a freakin role model. I like to think I
have half of her savvy when dealing with my ignorant boyfriends.Absolutely excellent television. Edgy, funny, intelligent and extremely
creative. This show was a breath of fresh air for mundane television
and will soon awaken the network again. Seth MacFarlane, you are a
genius!!